The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Episode 41 : 20th Anniversary: Diahann Carroll; Spanky & Our Gang
June. 18,1967
Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary show: Guests: --Spanky & Our Gang - ""Sunday Will Never Be the Same"" & ""Coney Island Washboard"" --Diahann Carroll (singer-actress) - ""As Time Goes By"" & ""Running Wild"" --The Rubin Mitchell Trio - ""My Liza Jane""
--Peter Gennaro (dancer) - dance interpretation of ""On a Clear Day"" --Tanya The Elephant Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Norm Crosby (comedian) --Robert Merrill (Metropolitan Opera baritone) --Jack Carter (comedian)
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Episode 39 : The Young Rascals / Harry James Orchestra / Rodney Dangerfield
June. 04,1967
--Nancy Ames - ""Blow Gabriel Blow"" (with Harry James playing trumpet) --Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - sketch: Topo dreams what it would be like with his mouse-wife Rosie and their baby mouse. (Topo only appears at the beginning and end of sketch.) --Roger Ray (stand-up comedian with xylophone)
--The Young Rascals - ""A Girl Like You"" & ""Groovin'"" --Georgie Kaye (stand-up comedy, jokes: florists; N.Y. lottery, Expo 67', income tax forms) --Harry James Orchestra - ""Blues for Sale"" --Audience bow: Paul Anka --Nancy Ames - ""So What's New"" & ""Nice Work If You Can Get It"" -- Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up, jokes include shrink, car, brother, working in tough places, ""No Respect"" routine) --Chong & Mana (Chinese circus novelty act using bricks, flowers, knives, fire)
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Episode 38 : The Temptations / Robert Goulet / Tessie O' Shea / Pickle Brothers
May. 28,1967
Guests: --The Temptations - medley: ""(I Know) I'm Losing You,"" ""All I Need"" and ""My Girl"" --Robert Goulet - ""The Impossible Dream"", ""My Cup Runneth Over"", ""Walking Happy"" --The Roselles (South American Highwire act) - On tape, introduced by Ed from Expo 67 in Montreal. --The Jovers (balancing duo) --Tessie O' Shea - ""Two Ton Tessie"" --Peter Lawford (audience bow) --The Pickle Brothers (comedy trio, fast-paced vaudeville-style humor) - Dracula sketch --Audience Bow: Peter Wolfendon (New Zealand pacing driver who trained and developed trotter ""Cardigan Bale"") Ed mentions that he and Sylvia had purchased a few trotters (horses) recently. Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Jane Morgan --Topo Gigio --Doodletown Pipers --Lee Tully --Jack De Leon
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Episode 35 : Expo '67: The Supremes; Xavier Cugat with Charo
May. 07,1967
Broadcast from Montreal's Expo '67
--The Supremes - ""The Happening"" --The Supremes - medley: ""Thoroughly Modern Millie,"" ""Second Hand Rose"" and ""Mame."" (Supremes are wearing flapper costumes.)
Other guests: --Xavier Cugat with Charo - Latin medley --Roberta Peters - ""Bell Song"" --Frank Ifield - ""You Came Out Of Nowhere"" & ""She Taught Me How To Yodel"" --Clair & McMahon (comedy team, computer dating routine) --Corbet Monica (comedian) --The Alcettys (balancing act) Audience bows: Jean Drapeau (Montreal mayor); Bill Haughton (harness jockey); Bob Usury (Kentucky Derby winner); Leslie Uggams
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Episode 34 : Paul Revere & the Raiders / Jack Benny / Melina Mercouri
April. 30,1967
Guests: --Paul Revere and the Raiders - ""Good Thing,"" ""Ups and Downs,"" ""Him or Me - What's It Gonna Be"" & ""Kicks""
--Rich Little (comedian-impressionist) - imitates Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, John Wayne, Walter Brennan, etc. --Melina Mercouri (Broadway star) - performs ""Illya Darling,"" ""Never on Sunday"" and ""Piraeus, My Love"" in scenes from the Broadway play ""Illya Darling."" --Jim Henson's Muppets - sing ""I Feel Pretty"" in a ""How to be Ugly"" skit. --Gilbert Price (singer) - ""Old Man River"" --Jack Benny (comedian doing a stand-up act) --Edward Villella and Patricia McBride (ballet dancers, from the New York City Ballet) - dance a pas de deux CBS repeated this show on July 2, 1967.
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Episode 33 : scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Bert Lahr; Jackie Mason; Joan Rivers
April. 23,1967
Scheduled guests: --Bobby Vinton --Bert Lahr --Jackie Mason --Joan Rivers --The McGuire Sisters --George Kirby
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Episode 31 : scheduled: Richard Pryor; Ed Ames; Lana Cantrell; Davis & Reese
April. 09,1967
Scheduled guests: --Richard Pryor --Ed Ames --Lana Cantrell --Davis & Reese --Peter Gennaro --Shirley Verrett --Douglas & Haig
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Episode 30 : scheduled: Alan King; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster
April. 02,1967
Scheduled guests: --Sonny & Cher --Alan King --Henny Youngman --Wayne & Shuster --Robert Merrill --Gospel Jazz Singers
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Episode 29 : Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Eddie Albert; Pat Buttram
March. 26,1967
--Dave Clark Five - ""I've Got To Have A Reason"" & ""You Got What It Takes"" Other guests (scheduled):
--Eddie Albert --Pat Buttram --Muppets --London Lee (stand-up comedy) --Sergio Franchi --Anna Moffo
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Episode 27 : Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / The Kessler Twins
March. 12,1967
Guests: --Lou Rawls - ""Yesterday"" --Nancy Ames - ""Cherish"" & ""They Can't Take That Away From Me"" --Jack Carter (stand-up, jokes about California, politics, fatherhood, hippies, 1960's music) --The Kessler Twins - ""Moulin Rouge"" (with dancers) --Smith And Dale (comedians, tax lawyer routine) --Jimmy Joyce (stand-up comedy) - re: airlines; priests --Dick Albers (comic trampoline act) --Grainne Yeats (harpist, sings Irish folk song)
--Emerald Society Pipe Band (bag pipe & drum music) --Feller Brothers & Dodo (tight wire act with springboard)
Audience bows: John Tio Hagan; Jack Dempsey, Jesse Owens
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Episode 26 : Dionne Warwick / Gwen Verdon / Rodney Dangerfield
March. 05,1967
Guests: --Dionne Warwick - ""The Way You Look Tonight"" --Gwen Verdon - ""If My Friends Could See Me Now"" (from ""Sweet Charity"") --Rodney Dangerfield (stand-up comedy, jokes about name, girls, driving, NYC, lawyers, wife) --Alan King (stand-up comedy, jokes about airlines, Miami Beach, doctors, kids) --Robert Horton - ""The Impossible Dream"" --Chris Kirby (British ventriloquist, assorted tongue twisters, sings ""Old MacDonald"")
--Norman Wisdom (stand-up comedy, plays clarinet, drums, sings)
--Galla Shawn (trapeze artist) --Wychwoods (Poodle Act)
Audience bows: Sergio Franci; Bob Thomas
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Episode 24 : Nancy Sinatra, Henny Youngman
February. 25,1967
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Episode 22 : Woody Allen / Lainie Kazan / Wayne & Shuster
February. 05,1967
Guests: --Woody Allen (stand-up) --Lainie Kazan (""My Man's Gone Now"") --Wayne And Shuster (stand-up comedians) --Stu Gilliam (stand-up comedian) --The Muppets (female frog sings ""I've Grown Accustomed to His Face"") --The Doodletown Pipers (singers) - ""Rhythm Of Life"" & medley: ""Hang On Sloopy,"" ""Georgie Girl,"" ""Hard Days Night,"" ""California Dreamin',"" ""Barefootin'"" --Gene Barry - ""To Life L'chaim"" & reads from Charles Lownesbury's will --Ugo Garrido (foot juggler) --Audience bows (cameos): Captain Linda Bawnan; Xavier Cugat & Charo
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Episode 21 : Mel Torme & the Woody Herman orchestra / George Carlin / Nipsy Russell
January. 29,1967
Guests: --The Woody Herman Orchestra - ""Apple Honey"" --Mel Torme with the Woody Herman Orchestra - medley: ""A Taste of Honey"" ""I Left My Heart In San Fransisco"" and ""More"" --Mel Torme & the Woody Herman Orchestra - ""Bring Back Bands"" --Gail Martin (Dean Martin's daughter) - ""He Loves Me"" & ""Rose of Washington Square"" --The Smothers Brothers (comedy team) - ""John Henry"" --Nipsy Russell (comedian) --George Carlin (comedian) --Enzo Stuarti (singer) - ""Vesti la giubba"" --Your Father's Mustache (banjo-playing band) --The Seven Staneks (acrobats/balancing act)
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Episode 18 : Ethel Merman / Gordon MacRae / Flip Wilson / Serendipity Singers
January. 08,1967
Guests: --Ethel Merman - ""Some People"" --Ethel Merman and Gordon MacRae - ""You're Just in Love"" (a.k.a. ""You're Not Sick, You're in Love"") --Gordon MacRae - Soliloqy from ""Carousel"" --Flip Wilson (stand-up comedy) --The Serendipity Singers - ""If I Were a Carpenter"" & a medley of folk songs --Jose Greco (dancer, with his flamenco troupe) - dance to ""The Horseman"" --Myron Cohen (comedian) - toll booth routine --Malmo Girls (gymnasts from Sweeden) - girls juggle balls in unison --The Royal Highlanders (pipe and drum corps) --The King Toys (acrobatic act) --clown act Scheduled act: --The Muppets
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Episode 17 : The New Vaudeville Band / Peter Nero / Joan Rivers
January. 01,1967
--The New Vaudeville Band - ""Winchester Cathedral,"" ""Whispering"" & ""Shine""
Other guests: --Joan Rivers (comedian) --Peter Nero - ""Summertime"" & ""It Ain't Necessarily So"" --Lana Cantrell - ""You'd Better Love Me"" & ""I Will Wait For You"" --Georgie Kaye (stand-up comedy) --The Castro Brothers - sing ""Tonight"" in Spanish --Les Ballets Africains (dance troupe) --Sandra Balesti (ballet solo to Rodgers & Hammerstein medley) --The Three Haucs (jugglers) --Hendra & Ullet (comedy team) --The Tovarich Troupe (balancing troupe)
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Episode 16 : scheduled: European Circus Acts (Krone Circus Arena, Munich)
December. 25,1966
Ed presents circus acts at the Krone Circus Arena in Munich, Germany.
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Episode 15 : scheduled: Count Basie; Dianne Carroll; Totie Fields; P. Gennaro
December. 18,1966
Scheduled guests: --Count Basie --Diahann Carroll --Totie Fields --Peter Gennaro --Sandler & Young
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Episode 12 : Leslie Uggams / Glenn Yarbrough / Muppets
November. 27,1966
Guests: --Leslie Uggams - ""We Can Work It Out"" --Glen Yarbrough - ""Rose"" (audience singalong during chorus, title might be ""Rose'd Say"") --The Muppets - ""Glow Worm"" (Kermit eats two small worms but has a problem with the third, larger worm) Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Richard Pryor --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Kevon & Wilder (comedians) --Fiesta Mexicana (group performs native songs and dances) --The All-American College Football stars.
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Episode 11 : Dave Clark 5 / Bobby Vinton / Barbara McNair / Dick Cavett
November. 20,1966
--Dave Clark Five - ""Sitting Here Baby"" (live) and ""19 Days"" promo video --Bobby Vinton - ""Coming Home Soldier"" --Barbara McNair - medley: ""Come Back to Me"" and ""Lover Come Back to Me"" --Franco Correlli (Met Opera singer) - ""Torna A Sorriento"" --Nancy Walker and Charles Nelson Reilly - Doctor's Office comedy sketch --Dick Cavett - stand-up monologue --Henny Youngman (comedian) --Burger's Animals (trained dog act) --Peter Gennaro with female dancers
--The Three Wilds (tap dance trio)
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Episode 10 : scheduled: New Vaudeville Band; Noel Harrison; Johnny Hart; Joan Sutherland
November. 13,1966
Scheduled guests: --The New Vaudeville Band - ""Winchester Cathedral"" --Noel Harrison - sings ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""Don't Dilly Dally on the Way"" --Johnny Hart --Joan Sutherland --McGuire Sisters
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Episode 9 : Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / Corbett Monica
November. 06,1966
Guests: --Lou Rawls - ""Love Is A Hurtin' Thing"" & ""In the Evening"" --Topo Gigio (mouse puppet) - boxing skit --Nancy Ames - ""Be Ready"" & ""Time After Time"" --The Kim Sisters - ""Sound of Music"" medley --Corbett Monica (comedian) --The U.S. Air Force Academy Chorale --The Rudas Dancers --Arthur Haynes (listed as an ""acrobat"") --The Pollack Brothers' Circus Elephants CBS repeated this show on Aug. 6, 1967.
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Episode 7 : Peggy Lee, Jim Nabors
October. 25,1966
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Episode 6 : Four Tops / Eddie Albert / Carroll Baker / Allan Sherman
October. 16,1966
Guests: --The Four Tops - ""Reach Out, I'll Be There "" --Eddie Albert - ""Ballad of William Sycamore"" --Carroll Baker - medley from ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"" --Allan Sherman (comedian) --Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team) - sketch about the last two people on earth meeting each other --Pat Cooper (comedian) --Sergio Franchi (singer) - ""Core 'N Grato""
--Sergio Franchi and the Kessler Twins - ""Shadow of Your Smile"" --The Kessler Twins - ""When In Rome I Do Like The Romans Do "" --The Suzuki Violins (9 children from Japan playing violins) - ""Invitation To The Dance"" --Dick Albers (trampoline act) CBS repeated this show on August 13, 1967.
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Episode 5 : scheduled: Petula Clark; Richard Pryor; Allan & Rossi
October. 09,1966
Petula Clark - ""Who Am I?"" & ""Come Rain Or Come Shine""
Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Richard Pryor --Wayne & Shuster --Allen & Rossi --Manuela Vargas (possibly The Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe)
--The Berosini Chimps
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Episode 4 : Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
October. 04,1966
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Episode 3 : Supremes / Nipsey Russell / Ethel Merman
September. 25,1966
--The Supremes - ""You Can't Hurry Love"" & medley (""I Hear A Symphony,"" ""Stranger In Paradise,"" ""Wonderful, Wonderful,"" ""Without A Song"" & ""Yes I Do"") --Ethel Merman - Irving Berlin medley (""All By Myself,"" ""All Alone,"" ""Table And Chair"") and ""I've Got Sunshine In The Morning"" from ""Annie Get Your Gun"" Other guests: --Nipsey Russell (stand-up comedy) --Steve Rossi (comedian) - sings ""Dommage"" --Frank Fontaine (comedian) - does stand-up monologue & sings ""Little Man You've Had A Busy Day"" --Uncalled for Three (stand-up comedy)
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Episode 1 : Rolling Stones / Louis Armstrong / Robert Goulet
September. 11,1966
--The Rolling Stones - ""Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow?"" ""Paint It Black"" & ""Lady Jane"" --Louis Armstrong - ""Cabaret"" --Joan Rivers --Robert Goulet - ""Once I Had A Heart"" --""Holiday on Ice"" segment from Madison Square Garden with skater Ronnie Robertson --Red Skelton (scheduled guest)
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